Just over one in three people in Britain hope that Northern Ireland remains in the United Kingdom, according to a new poll. The research by Ipsos MORI for King’s College London found that more Leave than Remain voters would want the North to stay in the Union. The survey, conducted online in February with 1,084 adults aged 16-75 across Britain, asked how people would prefer Northern Ireland to vote if it were to hold a referendum on its future. Only 36 per cent said they would like Northern Ireland to choose to stay in the United Kingdom while 18 per cent preferred it leaving and joining up with the Republic. “But many fewer Britons, it seems, would mind if Northern Ireland decided to leave the union.

Source: The Irish Times April 03, 2019 15:49 UTC